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CRC World Dictionary of Grasses - Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology - 3 Volume Set (Hardcover, New)
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CRC World Dictionary of Grasses - Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology - 3 Volume Set (Hardcover, New)
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2008 NOMINEE The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries
Annual Award for a Significant Work in Botanical or Horticultural
Literature "... now we have easier and better access to grass data
than ever before in human history. That is a marked step forward.
Congratulazioni Professor Quattrocchi!" -Daniel F. Austin, writing
in Economic Botany The remarkable work of a brilliant botanist and
linguist, this critically acclaimed unparalleled lexicon offers an
indispensable guide for all those involved with plants and gardens,
whether they are growing, studying, or writing about them.
Detailing approximately 800 generic names and thousands of species
of grasses, including cereals and forages, this three volume set
lists all relevant properties related to the main and secondary
uses of the grasses, as well as detailed descriptions and
geographical distribution. Entries include genus, synonyms, and
etymology, as well as vernacular names, rejected names, and
orthographic variants. It provides a huge amount of obscure sources
of nearly impossible to find information. Destined to become a
seminal resource for those directly involved with botany, plant
science, horticulture, and agriculture, this masterly referenced
work will also enrich the understanding of any individual in the
physical or social sciences who is fascinated with history, the
birth of ideas, culture, the art of bibliography, and the evolution
of linguistics. Utilizes a Myriad of Resources Cites Tens of
Thousands of References The material found in the volumes has been
painstakingly gathered from a wide variety of typical and atypical
sources that includes both electronic and print media, as well as
personal investigation. These sources include papers of general
interest, reports and records, taxonomic revisions, field studies,
herbaria and herbarium collections, notes, monographs, pamphlets,
botanical literature and literature tout court, sources available
at various natural history libraries, floras and standard flora
works, local floras and local histories, nomenclatural histories,
and the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Leaving no
stone unturned, the author also culled information from reference
collections, botanical gardens, museums, and nurseries,
dictionaries, drawings, poetry, journal articles, personal
communications, and biographies. Much More than a Nomenclature
Reference While these volumes serve as the most authoritative and
sophisticated nomenclature lexicon ever compiled in this area, it
is much more than a dictionary. It offers unique insight across a
range of subjects that include the history of botany and botanists,
travels and botanical discoveries, the histories of medicine,
science, and mankind, the history of genera and species,
linguistics, geography, and ethnography. While this information may
not be typically found in such references, it's the author's belief
that all these details belong to any complete history of botany.
Umberto Quattrocchi earned his first degree in political science
from the University of Palermo. He followed this achievement with
an M.D., specializing in obstetrics and gynecology. In 1992, he
retired from the practice of medicine to pursue his studies in
botany across the world while teaching as a professor of political
science. Highly prolific, Quattrocchi has numerous political and
botanical books and articles to his credit, including those on
plants and gardening that have been published in Hortus and The
Garden. In 1997, he received the prestigious Hanbury Botanical
Garden Award promoted by the Premio Grinzane Cavour for his book
Piante Rustiche Tropicali. He received a second Hanbury Award for
the bestselling CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. He is a member
of the International Dendrology Society, the Royal Horticultural
Society, and the Botanical Society of America. He is also an
elected Fellow of the world-renowned Linnean Society.
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